Colourful Asian customs

Xinhua

Asia is the birthplace of many ancient civilizations. Over thousands of years, the distinctive customs and civilizations in Asia have been passed down and blended to form a colourful world. The Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilizations boasts many diversified events.

The upper photo shows that students from The Central Academy of Drama, China performs Beijing Opera during the opening ceremony of the Asia Theatre Education Centre 11th International Forum. The right one shows an Indian chef cooking a roti prata at Asian Food Festival .

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China and the United States agreed to hold the 13th round of their high-level economic and trade consultations next month in Washington, representing a fresh attempt to bridge their differences and make "substantial" progress, according to Chinese Ministry of Commerce and analysts. Chinese…

Four decades of reform and opening-up has given us many valuable inspirations. The most important one is that for any country or nation to achieve rejuvenation, they must follow the logic of histo­ry and the trend of the times in their pursuit of progress and development. ——Excerpt from…